There's a difference between not being able to hear and not knowing what to listen for. Listen to the highs on a well tuned hi-fi system and you can hear the di

There's a difference between not being able to hear and not knowing what to listen for. Listen to the highs on a well tuned hi-fi system and you can hear the difference between CD and SACD. Listen for the sound of a singer taking a breath or the slow ring of a cymbal. If you've never heard these things in person to begin with then you're at a disadvantage trying to hear how badly they are represented in recording technology from the 1980s. Don't argue from a position of ignorance. Make friends with a recording engineer and have them play you a 32bit mix followed by a 16 bit mixdown.